Women’s T20 Challenge Tournament (Women’s T20 Challenge 2022) In, the supernovae once again maintained their dominance and captured the title. Harnopreet Kaur-led Supernovae in Pune final on Saturday (Supernovas) He beat Velocity by 4 runs in a thrilling match due to his tremendous bowling. Thus, Supernovae won the title for the third time in the fourth season of the tournament. At the same time, Velocity once again in the final (Velocity) Disappointed and the wait for the first title increased. Excellent all-round play by West Indies legend Diandra Dotin (62 runs, 2 wickets) helped the Supernovas reach the championship. Although Laura Woolford (65 not out) and Simran Bahadur (20 not out) did well in the end to give the team a win based on a superb partnership, it was not enough in the end.
Velocity had a target of 166 in the final played on May 28 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, but the team’s top order failed miserably. Shefali Verma, Yastika Bhatia and Kiran Navgir returned to the pavilion with just 38 runs in the powerplay. At the same time, the team, including captain Deepti Sharma, lost 5 wickets for just 64 runs and in such a situation, South Africa’s veteran batsman Laura Woolford (65 runs, 40 balls, 5 fours, 3 sixes) tried to handle the game from one end. Laura and Sneha Rana had a 40-run partnership for the sixth wicket, which took Velocity to 104, but here again the innings was disrupted and 8 for 117 fell.
Woolford-Simran’s tremendous effort
From here, number nine batsman Simran Bahadur (20 runs, 10 balls, 3 fours, 1 six) supported Woolford and brought the team very close to victory. Simmer hit three fours in a row in the 19th over, giving Velocity 17 runs in the over. In such a situation, 17 runs were required in the last over. Woolford hit a six off Sophie Eccleston’s first ball. But after this the world number one bowler did not give much chance and won the title by stopping Velocity for 161 runs. Spinners Allana King (3/32) and Eccleston (2/28) were the most successful for the supernova.
Dotin-Harmanpreet’s strong innings
Earlier, the supernovae had once again shown the strength of their top order. The aggressive batting of opener Diandra Dotin (62 runs, 44 balls, 1 four, 4 sixes) and captain Harmanpreet Kaur (43 runs, 29 balls, 1 four, 3 sixes) led the team to a big score. However, the latter’s batsmen could not sustain it and this was the reason why the team could only manage 165 for seven after losing 131 runs in 15 overs and only 2 wickets.
Taking advantage of two lives, Dotin hit one four and four sixes in his 44-ball innings, while Harmanpreet hit one four and three sixes in his 29-ball innings. The duo shared a 58-run stand in 5.3 overs for the second wicket. Dotin had earlier given the team a great start with a 73-run partnership for the opening wicket with opener Priya Poonia (28 off 29 balls). Supernovas scored only 34 runs in the last 5 overs and lost 5 wickets. Kate Cross, Deepti Sharma and Simran Dil Bahadur took two wickets each for Velocity.
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